{"product_id":"9781350074989","title":"State in Ancient Egypt Power, Challenges and Dynamics","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDebates in Archaeology\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eState in Ancient Egypt\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePower, Challenges and Dynamics\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJuan Carlos Moreno Garcia | Richard Hodges\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Archaeology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a new analysis of the organization, structure and changes of the pharaonic state through three millennia of its history. Moreno García sheds new light on this topic by bringing to bear recent developments in state theory and archaeology, especially comparative study of the structure of ancient states and empires. The role played by pharaonic Egypt in new studies often reiterates old views about the stability, conservatism and 'exceptionalism' of Egyptian kingship, which supposedly remained the same across the Bronze and Iron Ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ancient Egypt shared many parallels with other Bronze and Iron Age societies as can be shown by an analysis of the structure of the state, of the limits of royal power, of the authority of local but neglected micro-powers (such as provincial potentates and wealthy non-elite), and of the circulation and control of wealth. Furthermore, Egypt experienced deep changes in its social, economic, political and territorial organization during its history, thus making the land of the pharaohs an ideal arena in which to test applications of models of governments and to define the dynamics that rule societies on the \u003ci\u003elongue durée\u003c\/i\u003e. When seen through these new perspectives, the pharaonic monarchies appear less exceptional than previously thought, and more dependent on the balance of power, on their capacity to control the kingdom's resources and on the changing geopolitical conditions of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJuan Carlos Moreno Garc\u003c\/b\u003eí\u003cb\u003ea \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Researcher at the CNRS, Paris-Sorbonne University and Invited Lecturer at the École Normale Supérieure, France. He has published extensively on pharaonic administration and socio-economic history, and his books include \u003ci\u003eDynamics of Production in the Ancient Near East, 1300\u003c\/i\u003e–\u003ci\u003e500 BC \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) and\u003ci\u003e Ancient Egyptian Administration\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 September 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350074989\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332629069964,"sku":"9781350074989","price":32.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_9d11cbc9-56fe-44cf-90cf-4fc60d5b0305.jpg?v=1783604563","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350074989","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}